Culture skews human evolution
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 15:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The rise of agriculture 10,000 years ago meant the end of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle for which human beings had been optimized by millions of years of evolution and the beginning of an era where culture encourages habits unhealthy for us and for the world around, with uncertain evolutionary outcomes.“Our bodies are not that well designed for the world we have created,” said anthropology professor Daniel Lieberman.read more